Once again, a tragic incident due to a “selfie” ended the life of Russian influencer Inessa Polenko who crossed a security barrier at a lookout, looking for the perfect angle for her photo. He lost his balance, fell from a height of 50 meters and died in hospital.
The US National Library of Medicine has called for the creation of “no selfie zones” at high-risk sites, such as mountain peaks, high-rise buildings and lakes, to stop these selfies. fatal accidents. As social media gains traction, security must be a priority. There are risks that must be avoided. Getting the most likes and viral videos at the cost of risking your life defies common sense. Vargas Llosa denounces a “devastating entertainment culture”. The obsession with “appearing” in improbable scenarios denotes two evils in our society: egocentrism and loneliness.
Many people have fallen from balconies while taking a selfie when the railing they were leaning on gave way. The video of a Portuguese woman who was asked years ago by construction workers in neighboring buildings to step off the railing in Panama and fall into the void has gone viral.
I also don’t forget the death of the Mackowiaks, a young couple, in their best moment of work and family. He, a renowned scientist who has lectured halfway around the world, and she, a geography graduate, with a successful family travel tourism business. In the last photo of him, Michal, obsessed with the emotion of the moment, was already falling from the cliff they wanted to approach, jumping the safety barrier, the sky blurred. He captured the biggest tragedy of a broken family who started their vacation the next day. They left two orphans and a lot of suffering and incomprehension around them.
There is something much more urgent and necessary than telling what we are experiencing or living to pretend. And it’s simply LIVE!